JAMES FOLEY'S BROTHER: The US Should Have Done More To Save His Lifehttp://www.businessinsider.com/michael-foley-james-foley-yahoo-isis/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:14:39 -0500Colin Campbellhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/54002512eab8eaf648f17781thulsa doomFri, 29 Aug 2014 03:00:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/54002512eab8eaf648f17781
James Foley knew the risks, it is his own fault. he should not have been there if he did not want to put his life at risk. To ask the American taxpayer to shell out billions and kill possibly millions for a fool is treason. These siblings should be deported to Israel, where they can go do more.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fe0c53eab8ea7e33a8e7fbEnascWed, 27 Aug 2014 12:50:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fe0c53eab8ea7e33a8e7fb
Green screen? no reaction to picture falling off wall?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fd425b6bb3f794148b4571Rob WhitfordTue, 26 Aug 2014 22:28:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fd425b6bb3f794148b4571
Unless it's your Family right Depression? What a Stupid Fucked up thing to write! SHAME ON YOU!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fa74c869bedd98107af3eajoveSun, 24 Aug 2014 19:27:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fa74c869bedd98107af3ea
Once again the false flag, smiles, laughter....lack of concern...THAT YOUR BROTHERS HEAD WAS JUST SEVERED OFF!!!!!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fa73536bb3f76f227af3ecjoveSun, 24 Aug 2014 19:20:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fa73536bb3f76f227af3ec
You can strap up, and go over and get your brother back then, Or perhaps you should have "tried harder" to convince him NOT TO GO TO SYRIA. How dare you accuse us of "not doing more"....you low life government propagandist.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f82bc16bb3f7244cedb7b2jack.dunster.7Sat, 23 Aug 2014 01:50:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f82bc16bb3f7244cedb7b2
Why? He took the job, he took the money - shit happens. It's called 'responsibility'http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f79dd66bb3f7ea13edb7b4billwaldFri, 22 Aug 2014 15:45:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f79dd66bb3f7ea13edb7b4
Bring all the troops home and put 10% of them on our borders or to guarding our coasts. Force all incoming cargo to off-load in Puerto Rico and one of the Alaskan islands and transfer the cargo to US bottoms. Use Israeli techniques for vetting international air passengers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f79d3a69bedd377035ca4cEvent HorizonFri, 22 Aug 2014 15:42:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f79d3a69bedd377035ca4c
Paying the ransom would be beyond stupid. Let's not start a global kidnapping season.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f788c26bb3f7ba3fedb7b6BeaverCreekFri, 22 Aug 2014 14:15:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f788c26bb3f7ba3fedb7b6
This post is much better. I agreehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f780c5ecad04066435ca51MyHorseFritzFri, 22 Aug 2014 13:41:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f780c5ecad04066435ca51
lol. She would look like an 8 if I had that many shots.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77ff669beddcc4435ca4cBeaverCreekFri, 22 Aug 2014 13:37:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77ff669beddcc4435ca4c
With respect, you are a moron. Can you not see this kid is trying to say something but isn't allowed? He wasn't suggesting that we simply pay like the Europeans...I think the interview underscores that this is not some simpleton who is whining. You'd do what you can if it was family (at least I hope), and there clearly were very high-level issues and talks held, which failed. My guess is he is saying there was good intel but for various reasons it was not acted upon.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77ec369bedde83635ca4fMyHorseFritzFri, 22 Aug 2014 13:32:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77ec369bedde83635ca4f
Have to feel bad for the family, but you are absolutely right, and respectfully and understandably, this guy is not thinking straight.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77e446bb3f7cc12edb7b5BeaverCreekFri, 22 Aug 2014 13:30:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77e446bb3f7cc12edb7b5
The brother is trying to say more but isn't allowed..."...I don't know if I should even get into this..." and then stops. He isn't asking that we "negotiate"...he is saying there was intel that could have been acted upon and wasn't.
If your beef is 'holy fuck, we're not going into a another country and start another war because of one journalist', well, guess what, that's happening; it wouldn't have mattered if it was a journalist or an oil field worker, or even a hostage taken in Europe. These Islamofascists are not content to control a part of Iraq, or Syria, or wherever. More than anything, they want to bring their war to the US. This is gonna be long and drawn out and awful, and we are going to have to take these lunatics out by hand, not just sterile bombs.
So, read between the lines of what this guy was trying to say...try not to trust the official mouthpieces that always tries to paint cleaner lines than what really went down.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77b0feab8ea2f74edb7b5UnderwoodInDaBFri, 22 Aug 2014 13:17:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f77b0feab8ea2f74edb7b5
You are beyond moronic. Please do us all a favor and never ever post here again.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f775c26bb3f77270edb7b6Fall GuyFri, 22 Aug 2014 12:54:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f775c26bb3f77270edb7b6
I feel for the relatives of James Foley, however that statement by his brother is BS!! First of all we sent 24 brave Americans in to risk there life for a man who willingly put himself in danger knowing the possible outcomes. One of the soldiers was injured in the raid.
As far as negotiating and paying ransome...immediately every American is seen as $$$ to militant groups, of which there are many. Kidnappings of American would escalate. What should, and I think will be done is if you kidnap and kill an American we will only increase the pressure on said group and relentlessly go after them. That may make them at least hesitate to capture an American.
Its not like we don't pay ransomes becuase we are cheap... it will cost US taxpayers significantly more many to persue and punish these madmen than it would have to send 132 million and a plane to get him.
What Europe does is up to them. It's quite possible they decide to negotiate because it is much much less costly and many European countries don't have the resources to conduct a raid to try and save them or punish those responsible.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7738c69beddea7b35ca4cF to the GFri, 22 Aug 2014 12:45:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7738c69beddea7b35ca4c
We negotiated for Bowe Berghdahl didn't we? But they wanted prisoners released, not $$$.And it sounds like he was a traitor, or was heavily suspected of being so. Yes James knew the risks and I think it is a sad commentary on the quality of US intelligence that we botched a rescue mission for him after he was a captive for 2 years. Prayers for him, his family and all others in the captivity of ISIS regardless of nationality.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76e4c6bb3f76154edb7b5Nicole MortezaFri, 22 Aug 2014 12:22:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76e4c6bb3f76154edb7b5
No one finds it odd how emotionless these people are? All of them! All the siblings and both parents. The girl is giggling while talking about the previous kidnaping. Do you people ever question the credibility of videos showed by mainstream media? Have some critical thinking! Find the original full video of Foley's beheading. It is ridiculously fake looking! If you live in the UK, don't watch it though. According to Scotland yard it is illegal to watch it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76641ecad04637b297144Tom FioreFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:48:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76641ecad04637b297144
That says more about how crappie of a job we do with human intelligence. We're pretty good at the surveillance thing and we kick ass at the destruction end of stuff, but we just aren't very good at getting people on the ground and sources in these hot zones.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f763ca6bb3f7ab2b297144PKFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:37:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f763ca6bb3f7ab2b297144
I feel bad for this guy, his parents and family but his brother specifically went to areas where other journalists wouldn't which led to his capture and unfortunately his death. I think there is a certain amount of responsibility in those actions and I for one am very happy with the actions the Govt took to attempt his release.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f762daecad044f60db5831adultintheroomFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:33:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f762daecad044f60db5831
Do as they handled the nazis in ww2. Slowly, quietly, without fanfare, hunt each of these guys down and kill them. It sounds brutal but they are way beyond talking / negotiating if they're chopping the heads off of our citizens b/c they hate our freedoms, our way of life, our ability to practice / not any religion that we want, and believe that women shouldn't have acid thrown in their faces for trying to get an education.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7619169bedd7e136da164adultintheroomFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:28:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7619169bedd7e136da164
They should be thanking the US taxpayer for spending the $ to fund a rescue attempt. And the spec ops teams for risking their lives for a guy who voluntarily walked onto a battlefield in the worst area of the world to 'get the story', and 'see what it's really like out there.'http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7618e6bb3f74d1a0d7736JG66Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:28:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7618e6bb3f74d1a0d7736
SCENARIO 1: ... supposing that was your son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter... look at your other half and utter them words...."we shall NOT negotiate".
SCENARIO 2: Closer to home, a wacko job kidnaps your daughter, son, granddaughter, grandson (take your emotional pic)...and holds them to ransom...tell your extended family "we shall NOT negotiate...send in the Marines".
Me ?
Yes to #1 (negotiate ; see Mogadishu sea pirates , captured cargo ships, crews exchanged for ransom etc..etc..)
No to #2http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7618b69beddac066da166Earth to grieving familyFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:28:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7618b69beddac066da166
Other than warn Americans to get out of those "hot spots" as the StateDept has done adnauseam what do you want US to do? Pay for every dick & harry that gets caught by terrorists? How about this simple & straight solution - GET THE FUCK out of a war zone!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76187ecad04da69db5830AveryFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:28:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76187ecad04da69db5830
Katie Couric you are an idiot: the black clad devil is not an ‘executioner’. It, (right ‘It’), is a savage murderer.
You news people need to stop calling these savages ‘executioners’.
Aside from that, Mr. Foley being a private citizen who willingly went into a known danger zone, does not obligate the US government to risk the lives of many more Americans to rescue him. What was done (rescue attempt) was good, but no private citizen should reasonably expect US Gov to mount a rescue operation every time an individual gets into a jam because he/she went into it willingly. What Mr. Foley did was noble and brave, but he was already kidnapped once before, and went back into the area…..so…..
Having said that, the fact that these rabid Islamists murdered an American _publicly_ to supposedly sow terror into American hearts has to be answered. No need to mount an invasion or anything grandiose.
US has enough well trained men to do this: start grabbing these black clad devils, cut their heads off cleanly, and start dropping bags of heads into the middle of their camps. They will soon get the message that every time they murder Americans, lots and lots of them will be executed.
No innocent Muslim civilians need to die because of massive B52 carpet-bombing runs: just the criminals.
Executed legally for the crime of murder.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7611b6bb3f705120d7735SterlingFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:26:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7611b6bb3f705120d7735
Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.[1] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas such as free and fair elections, civil rights, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free trade, and private propertyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f760fe6bb3f771150d7738adultintheroomFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:25:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f760fe6bb3f771150d7738
I realize it's your brother but seriously, he volunteered to go into some of the most dangerous spots in the world. So stop whining about not being rescued.
As as for negotiating with these guys and giving them money for hostage release - do you not see that if you do that once, they'll just take more hostages? Pretty frakking simple to see that play out and avoid it. Europe can do what they want - doesn't mean we have to follow their policy - they can go deal with their citizens getting kidnapped more often as every one will then have a large $ sign attached to them as they walk down the streets.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f760ad69beddc30d6da164MaryMitchFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:24:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f760ad69beddc30d6da164
He's not a whiner. He's a grieving brother. I blame Katie Couric and her organization for interviewing him at this time.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76028ecad04e95adb5832BusyFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:22:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f76028ecad04e95adb5832
What was done to this man is beyond horrible, but he was in a war zone of his own free will. He ignored US government warnings as well as basic common sense. I don't think members of the armed forces should be put at risk to save someone who has made his own choices in life.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75fc069bedd1c056da166Inspector HighFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:20:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75fc069bedd1c056da166
His sister is a babe. Just sayin'http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75e70ecad041a5bdb5830goosh69Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:14:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75e70ecad041a5bdb5830
Some countries in Europe negotiates with terrorists and pays their ransoms. I am waiting for the Obama haters to reconcile her criticism with this fact. Because she is saying the U.S. should do this.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75d36eab8ea587ab99331kw2012Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:09:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75d36eab8ea587ab99331
I guess Michael wanted more Gitmo terrorists released for his brother.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75d07eab8ea1b6fb99332PictureFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:08:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75d07eab8ea1b6fb99332
That picture has perfect comic timing.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cdb6bb3f79e0e0d7730kw2012Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:08:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cdb6bb3f79e0e0d7730
You are absolutely correct. The US did everything in it's power except submit to the ransom demand of 130 million dollars. Which I guess is what this obviously liberal guy wanted done. SORRY. He took a huge risk. He took a risk that he would not be used as a PAWN. FURTHER, he ignored the following The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to Syria and strongly recommends that U.S. citizens remaining in Syria depart immediately.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cb4eab8ea406cb9933ddavesmall1Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:07:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cb4eab8ea406cb9933d
Paying millions of $$ to free one terrorist hostage would just incentivize them to kidnap more Americans for ransom.
That's why the Somalia pirates got out of control. Ship owners paid them ransoms to free their ships. All that did was turn piracy into a growth industry.
Very sad that Foley was murdered but payoffs to terrorists would not have been the answer.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cb06bb3f72b0b0d7730unlessFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:07:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75cb06bb3f72b0b0d7730
Well I can think of one person who does....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75ca469bedd51686da169vgaglioneFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:07:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75ca469bedd51686da169
I feel for this family. Their pain is obvious. However, James Foley went ther to Syria to further his career. To put additional lives at risk to save someone who went to a dangerous place for the purpuse of job advancement is unacceptable. Those SEALS who get sent in are someone else's brother, son, father or friend.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75bd16bb3f780030d7733Jazzy_CFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:03:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75bd16bb3f780030d7733
Michael Foley is an overprivileged whiner. There are risk involved in being an American journalist in countries where Muslim extremist organizations have bases of operation. That should be blatantly obvious since the capture and beheading of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. James Foley took those risks and unfortunately paid the price. The fact the U.S. undertook a special operations mission which risk the lives of American service personnel and not to mention the financial cost is totally lost on him.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75b75eab8eac868b99335Jazzy_CFri, 22 Aug 2014 11:02:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75b75eab8eac868b99335
Michael Foley is an overprivileged whiner. There are risk involved in being an American journalist in countries where Muslim extremist organizations have bases of operation. That should be blatantly obvious since the capture and beheading of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan. James Foley took those risks and unfortunately paid the price. The fact the U.S. undertook a special operations mission at the cost of the lives of American service personnel and not to mention the cost is totally lost on him.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75a0069bedddd656da164Bad PosterFri, 22 Aug 2014 10:56:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f75a0069bedddd656da164
I will add that I feel bad about their loss. But, in any death, the people left behind felt that 'there could have been more' to prevent the death and in some cases that is true. But the man was engaging in considerable risk and that should be taken into account.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7598d6bb3f7b27a0d7733Bad PosterFri, 22 Aug 2014 10:54:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f7598d6bb3f7b27a0d7733
Didn't they execute a nearly flawless rescue operation to rescue them? Bad break that they weren't there.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f757a5eab8ea2864b99330depressionFri, 22 Aug 2014 10:45:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53f757a5eab8ea2864b99330
Under no circumstance should we negotiate with terrorists. ....